Change management basics – setting the stage, deciding what to do, making it happen and making it stick. From ACC Value Challenge workshop, Legal Service Management, July 2010: www.acc.com/legalservicemanagement
Conducting discovery efficiently and effectively can significantly reduce litigation costs and enhance the chances for successful dispute resolution. This panel discussion will deal with discovery best practices, including litigation hold management, recent changes to the discovery portions of the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and techniques for managing and reducing the costs of discovery.
This article is about Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations: challenges and strategies for white collar attorneys and their clients.
This is a sample guarantee agreement.
This is a sample sponsorship agreement.
In light of a 2016 decision by the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), this article provides clarity to companies concerning their ability to exclude shareholder proxy access proposals by adopting their own proxy access provisions.
This is a sample sales representative agreement between a company and partner.
A review of the law related to production-sharing contracts between the Brazilian government and private companies.
Legal process improvement offers the greatest opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in a litigation process.
Legal process improvement offers the greatest opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in a litigation process. Techniques from traditional Lean thinking and Six Sigma principles can be combined and tailored for legal matters. (Seyfarth)
The development of the cloud service model delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently than ever before. The shift from server to service-based thinking is transforming the way technology departments think about, design, and deliver computing technology and applications.
The reimbursement of education expenses in Brazil has been a controversial issue. Previous law stipulated that courses subject to reimbursement were professional qualification courses and were connected to the activities the employee performed at the company. This law did not deal with subsidizing the education of dependents. Recent legislation has changed some of these provisions. This article considers those changes and assesses their impact.
A letter informing the recipient that it has access to an irrevocable "standby letter of credit". Includes form of sight draft and form of written statement.
Apply these 10 helpful tips prepared by Saul Ewing LLP to protect your organization when drafting and negotiating contracts and license agreements.
Pfizer's consolidation of employment litigation and counseling to one firm, Jackson Lewis, and the value added, is described in this Value Practice resource.
A powerpoint presentation on 'Understanding Licensing Agreements' which includes basic information on copyright, licensing and trademarks.
Tired of being viewed as the official corporate deal breaker? Seeking understanding? Slip this article into the reading pile of your nearest business counterpart.
A sample letter from a company's human resources manager to a former employee reminding him/her of their continuing obligations to keep trade secrets confidential post-employment.
A chart with columns for long term results, 1 to 5 scale answer possibilities, and possible enhancements.
This article covers the issues that corporates should be thinking about now, and assess the likely impact of Brexit on different aspects of business following the United Kingdom vote to exit the EU which has caused significant market volatility.
This article addresses key aspects of Fintech and Fintech regulation in Brazil.
In 2004, The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission developed an “Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework” that, to this day, has not been widely adopted. This article looks at the reasons behind this and offers advice to companies that do not regularly and thoroughly manage their enterprise risks.
The Smarter Legal Model, developed by Trevor Faure, helps legal departments increase coverage, improve compliance and increase client satisfaction — all for less cost. Ron Pol discusses Faure's model and the potential benefits resulting from its implementation.
Ron Pol discusses the different language cues used by CEOs and CFOs that might help identify an increased risk of deceptive financial reporting.
Legal Professional Privilege - session held in Perth 21 November 2016.
In her latest "My Take" message to Docket readers, ACC Board Chair Sabine Chalmer contends that if "content is king," then so is intellectual property.
ACC Board Chair, Patricia Hatler, describes how take to take the tough lessons of 2009 and apply them to the business of 2010.
Read this article to find out how grooming a successor can be a major steppingstone in your career development. In this article, Robert Half Legal, ACC's Alliance partner for legal staffing services, provides helpful hints to determine essential job requirements to consider, identify your prospective replacement, as well as the continued coaching and mentoring of said replacement.
This article examines the legal framework relating to marginal fields in Nigeria, as well as issues to consider when investing in marginal fields.
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